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coinaday New Member 3 Posts	Posted 02/02/2008 6:46 pm Hi Folks, I am recently new to coins. Seems like a great hobby. I bought a few very thick coin books and have enjoyed identifying many. I failed to see these coins in my limited books, even the 10 pound Krause 1900 to present. I had accumlated lots of coins and until recently, never took up an interest. I now find it to be an addiction. Is this common? I was told that people here are better than a book! Image: image.jpg 26.5 KB Image: image.jpg 31.67 KB Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/02/2008 7:29 pm These are Notgeld coins, German emergency money issued by towns and municipal governments after WWI. Picture is a little small to make out the town but I can see Mergentheim for one.Very nice group. Report this Post to the Staff
coinaday New Member 3 Posts	Posted 02/02/2008 8:19 pm echizento, Thanks for your quick reply and nice comment. Do you know Where would I find more info on these? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 02/03/2008 01:10 am Try doing a web search for "notgeld" and/or "kriegsgeld", but you'll probably find most of the best pages are in German; these tokens are quite popular for collectors in Germany. Most of the books are in German, too, and it'll probably be tough finding a decent, informative, "all in one" catalogue. I have a book called World Notgeld - A Guide & Checklist by Coffing. It's about half the thickness of a typical Krause, and all it is is a list of the various cities and towns that issued notgeld, and the kinds of notgeld they issued (metal, paper, POW camp, that sort of thing), with a general indication of the rarity of the city as a whole. It doesn't go into specific types. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/03/2008 06:24 am The book that Sap mentions is a good guide to paper notes but only shows a few images of the coins. A search on http://www.coinarchives.com in the world coin section shows a number of the coins. Most of the sites on the net show paper notes which were much more plentiful than the coins. Report this Post to the Staff
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